I was taken, in my New York days, by a girl named Estella, who insisted that I read Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” because she was named after the character in the novel. I didn’t get very far with the book or Estella, and abandoned both. Make of that what you will. I just finished three […]
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: Smaller is better when it comes to ice cream cones
Marking special occasions at ice cream stands, Liz Soares has been in sticky situations when given plus-size scoops in puny cones.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Is everything all right?
You’re probably wondering what these ‘Golden Years’ are, and when they’re coming, because whatever this ‘all right’ we’re living in now isn’t ‘all right’ at all, J.P. Devine writes.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Woman’s actions draw ire of online commentators, but family says there’s more to the story
Nichole Nalley-Dickey says her brother’s wife, Rebecca Mceachern-Gorman, was suffering from brain damage when she crashed her car into a pole on Main Street in Waterville last week, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
TV Review: I Spy A Spy ‘A Spy Among Friends’ writes JP Devine
I remember this story because I’m old. If you’re older than 60, you will as well, but at the time, here in America, you probably didn’t care. It was 1963, and the assassination of JFK was enough to deal with, and no one here even knew the rest of the world existed or cared. But […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Auroras in spring
Auroras have fascinating scientific explanation but offer the feeling of stupendous transparent beauty that touches the northern sky of your soul, Dana Wilde writes.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Apocalypse Now
Waiting for the white apocalypse, J.P. Devine recalls the romance of moving to Maine all those years ago.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Before wrecking ball arrives, Skowhegan school welcomes spring with popular tradition
North Elementary School will be razed to make way for a new building, but on one day this week the community held fast to its bubbles, Amy Calder writes.